WordNet: catalysis, contact action

acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction; "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced"

• hypernym chemical action, chemical change, chemical process

• hyponym autocatalysis

catalysis

• (englanti) catalytic (derivationally related)
• (suomi) katalyysi (synonyymi)

contact action

• (suomi) katalyysi (synonyymi)